diff --git a/src/vs/base/test/node/processes/fixtures/fork_large.ts b/src/vs/base/test/node/processes/fixtures/fork_large.ts
index b7220975577bbb20d919f600d123ccfa100289e3..82886c05b6ebb695977162d4781ae84c1dd03531 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/test/node/processes/fixtures/fork_large.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/test/node/processes/fixtures/fork_large.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ const sender = processes.createBufferedSender(process);
 
 process.on('message', msg => {
 	sender.send(msg);
+	sender.send(msg);
+	sender.send(msg);
+	sender.send('done');
 });
 
 sender.send('ready');
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/vs/base/test/node/processes/processes.test.ts b/src/vs/base/test/node/processes/processes.test.ts
index d27a3396511fdb881a4a64ca96b75cf191f2545d..4d2c372ec27db6eb1e57252f196fa8d0bb5bff0a 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/test/node/processes/processes.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/test/node/processes/processes.test.ts
@@ -58,14 +58,9 @@ suite('Processes', () => {
 				sender.send(msg);
 				sender.send(msg);
 				sender.send(msg);
-			} else {
-				assert.equal(msgFromChild, msg);
-				counter++;
-				
-				if (counter === 3) {
-					child.kill();
-					done();
-				}
+			} else if (msgFromChild === 'done') {
+				child.kill();
+				done();
 			}
 		});
 	});